I keep hearing how cold it is in your neck of the woods, meanwhile i look like i just went swimming half the time. Man i love Maceió.
Heavenly Father has blessed us so much this week. Oh man. The past four weeks i kept telling Heavenly Father that Im ready for the confirmation of faith that comes after the trial (Ether 12:6) whenever He is ready and He totally came through, He always does. I wasnt expecting it this soon.
We went from about zero to amazing this week. It started with a reference named Iraen. He is smart, he has lots of questions, fortunately for us, God has a lot of answers. He came to church with us on Sunday and we are going to keep teaching him. He is really interested and is awesome.
We have been teaching another 18 year old man named Carlos and his mother Claudia. I felt like they werent really interested and was ready to move on, but fortunately Sis Murbaki gave them the benefit of the doubt. It turns out that Carlos has been thinking a lot about the gospel and it occupied his mind for three days. HE believes its true and when we asked him to read HE ACTUALLY READ and he liked it. He believes the BOM is true and we are preparing him for baptism. When we first contacted him about 4 weeks ago he was at his neighbors house, they all listened to our message but the neighbors were another religion. They talked to us about there problems and we prayed for them and left. Well this past week, 4 weeks later, the neighbor Meri came over while we were teaching carlos and she said that after we had met with them all of her problems got better and that she is ready to learn and has accepted a baptismal date.
MIRACLES are happening in Bebedouro. It is amazing. It seems like all of a sudden we are finding those people that Heavenly Father has been preparing for us to teach. The joy i have felt in this past week has far outweighed the sorrow and heartache and discouragement of the three weeks prior. MAN I LOVE THIS WORK.
I only have one more week before transfers, hopefully i will stay in this wonderful area. I trust Heavenly Father to know what is best though. He has given me so many opportunities to hear and follow the spirit this week. Yesterday we were walking and I saw a family in a house far in the corner of the street and i felt like i needed to walk to their house and talk to them. They invited us in before we really said anything and as we talked we learned that the ladies daughter had died not long ago. We taught her the plan of Salvation, it is what she needed to hear.
The language is still rough. so rough. i understand a lot. Even words i dont know i can understand if i pay attention, it is so hard to pay attention. My mind wanders so easily but im trying to force myself. It is important. The speaking part is the hardest. my accent is hard for people to understand. They are nice and patient with me. I cant wait for the day that those words are the first words in my mind. when i read i dont have to translate everyword to english to understand. Im progressing and an amazingly fast pace, but sometimes it feels like forever. Im not as grateful for this gift ive been blessed with as i should be, but im learning to give gratitude more.
Christmas is coming! are you all excited? i will call friday morning sometime. send me phone numbers por favor. i cant wait to hear your voices!
proud to wear the tag,
sister Peterson
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